[mythtv-users] Serial port PCI card and problem controlling external DirecTV box

[Steve Dorsey]

On Feb 24, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Nick wrote:

> On 24/02/06, Steve Dorsey <info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>>    I have one on-board serial port on my motherboard. I use it to
>> control my DirecTV DRD435RH Satellite receiver. It works great.
>>
>>    I bought a second identical receiver, and it also works great, but
>> I had no second serial port, so I bought a PCI card that had one port
>> on it. I dropped it in the PC, and it does not work.
>>
>>    It is a SYBA IOC-2000 DB9 Serial card with Netmos 9820 Chipset.
>>
>>    Can anyone help me get this working? I'm not sure even where to
>> start.
>
> Does the card get detected by the BIOS/kernel, and does it appear  
> in lspci?
>

0000:06:01.0 Serial controller: NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Multi-I/O  
Controller (rev 01)

> Are there jumpers on the card to control the serial port config? Does
> it work if you disable the onboard serial port? (could be conflicting)

I hope the card does not conflict with the on-board serial port, I  
need both of them!!!

As for jumpers, I did not see any on the card. Here's an image of the  
card:

http://www.dorseygraphics.com/mythstuff/serial.jpg

How would I know if they are conflicting? the on-board port works fine.

Thanks

>
> Nick
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